3A WRESTLING AT LIBERTY

Parkland placed nine wrestlers into the semifinals to take the team lead after the early rounds today of the District 11 Class 3A Wrestling Championships at Liberty.


The Trojans, who finished second in the PIAA team duals at Hershey, take 114.5 team points into the semifinals, which begin at 6 tonight at Liberty. Nazareth, the Lehigh Valley Conference champ, also sent nine wrestlers into the semis and is second with 106.5 points.


Blue Mountain (95), Easton (90.5) and Northampton (77) round out the top five.


Easton, the District 11 duals champ, has six wrestlers in the semifinals, including unbeaten Mark Hartenstine at 140 pounds. Blue Mountain sent seven wrestlers to the semis, including defending state champ Josh Kindig, who is in the 140-pound bracket opposite Hartenstine.


Northampton, Liberty and Stroudsburg advanced four wrestlers each, while Whitehall has three.


The championship finals are scheduled for 7 p.m. Sunday at Liberty. The top six wrestlers in each weight class move on to next week's Northeast Regional Tournament at Freedom.


QUARTERFINALS
103: Anthony Cabrera (L) dec. Sean Bianco (PV) 16-5; DeMarquis Holley (D) dec. Bailey Roos (Po) 13-4; Evan Disora (Ea) dec. Ian Evans (Pa) 12-4; Paul Hetrick (No) pin George Schaffer (B) 5:17.
112: Corey Keener (BM) pin Jarrett Sutter (Na) 1:31: Greg Rinker (No) dec. Devon Lotito (L) 9-6; Mike Fake (Pa) dec. Tyler Galasso (F) 14-2; Matt Valentin (St) dec. Ernest Klingel (PV) 9-7.
119: Brandon Choate (BM) tech. fall Lee Coleman (B) 20-5 in 5:43; Franco Ferraina (Na) tech. fall Mike Dahlstrom (PV) 17-1 in 4:32; Brandon Davis (Pa) dec. Robbie Rizzolino (Ea) 5-3; Anthony Marino (L) dec. Josh Fritz (Em) 17-6.
125: Zach Horan (Na) pin Mike Ramos (A) 1:00; Eric Howey (St) tech. fall Brett Marino (L) 17-0 in 4:26; Jordan Glykas (No) dec. Calvin Daly (E) 4-2; Mike Marano (Pa) dec. Mike Pokrinchak (PV) 6-3.
130: Jordan Toledo (PV) tech. fall Forest Touchberry (Pa) 26-11 in 4:50; Greg Noll (Na) dec. George Bastian (ESS) 10-8 OT; Tyler Rauenzahn (BM) dec. Trey Daubert (No) 19-6; Mitch Minotti (Ea) pin Sean Aris (PMW) 3:59.
135: Joey Rizzolino (Ea) tech. fall Matt Klacik (F) 15-0 in 2:43; Clint Rarick (BM) pin Joseph Bickelman (Po) 1:14; Justin Heller (Pa) dec. Ian Stout (Na) 12-1; Jacob Chamberlain (PV) dec. Arian Kohler (ESS) 7-3.
140: Mark Hartenstine (Ea) pin Chris Gannon (ESN) 1:14; Mike Kistler (Pa) dec. Alex Yanovich (PV) 16-7; Tyler Torcivia (Na) dec. Garret Henning (L) 8-4; Josh Kindig (BM) tech. fall Matt Bonshak (W) 19-4.
145: Ryan Krecker (Na) pin Ryan Hogan (L) 3:09; Tyler Lauchaire (St) pin Donald-Paul Miller (PME) 5:59;
Anthony Minotti (Ea) dec. Aaron Williams (W) 16-7; Mike Ottinger (Pa) pin Brandon Watral (BM) 3:46.
152: Austin Sommer (No) pin Xavier Isley (D) :58; Travis Moyer (BM) dec. L.J Bachert (Em) 8-3; Andy Moore (Pa) dec. Seth Guth (W) 8-0; Ahmed Burton (A) dec. Matt Gotzon (SL) 14-5.
160: Wade Rivera (Pa) dec. Zack Bambary (Ea) 11-0; Mason McInytre (F) dec. Chris Yocum (St) 12-6; Mike Brown (L) dec. Shawn Cicero (Po) 2-0; Josh Rodriguez (W) dec. John Lambert (N) 4-1.
171: Matt Transue (St) pin Jacob Schwar (B) 1:00; Ed Helm V (PME) pin Jose Rotger (Ea) :37; Ben Bradley (Na) dec. Tyler Marx (No) 4-3; Tate Klidonas (Em) tech. fall Willie O'Brien (ESS) 17-2 in 5:47.
189: Tarik Haddad (Pa) dec. Tyler Greene (Ea) 4-0; Aaron Bradley (Na) dec. Frank Gaffney (BM) 6-2; Troy Newhard (Em) pin Nick Sharga (No) 4:27; Chris Pintado (L) dec. Kevin Rehm (W) 4-2.
215: Brook Gosch (BM) tech. fall Blake Smith (PME) 21-4 in 3:47; David Wilke (Na) dec. Tim Kunkel 7-1; Jalal Paige (Ea) dec. Cameron Kroemelbein (PV) 10-0; Taray Carey (Em) pin Cory Bruder (Pa) 3:37.
285: Josh Gonzalez (PMW) pin Sean Fortes (F) 1:07; Tom Lapping (ESS) dec. Shaun Heist (Pa) 5-3; Tony Bourizk (W) dec. Marcus Newsom (No) 2-0; D.J. King (Na) pin Lance Francois (ESN) 2:31.

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